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Current Students Urged to Connect With PSU Alumni Association

Author: PSU Alumni Association

Posted: April 30, 2013

Many people think that Alumni Association's only becomes relevant after they graduate,however the PSU Alumni Association offers services to current students—even freshmen. Enhancingservices already offered from places like Advising and Career Services, the PSU AlumniAssociation connects students to other alumni who are already working in the companies theymay want to work for, holds annual networking events like the student etiquette dinner, and area another great resource for everything from career and internship opportunities to courses ofstudy.

Portland State students are part of a huge community—as the largest University in Oregon, PSUboasts over 130,000 alums—and the PSU Alumni Association is your ticket in! You can connectvia Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, and by visiting www.pdx.edu/alumni. A special studentsonly section of the website is currently being built, and a Student Advisory Board has been formed toensure the Alumni Association addresses the needs of current students—our future alumni!

Students and their families are urged to visit the PSU Alumni Association, located in the historicSimon Benson House on the Park Blocks, at any stage of their academic career. No matter whereyour journeys take you, the PSU Alumni Association will always be your home on campus.

The PSU Alumni Association is hosting an upcoming professional development event especiallyfor current PSU students on May 18th called "Preparing Yourself for the Real World". In thisfree one day event hear from Portland State Alumni and other experts on how to write a greatresume, dress for success, network, and navigate things like employee benefits and insurance.

Featuring workshops, information tables, and a closing reception, all students are encouraged toconnect and start preparing for the real world.